ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) has reserved the judgment on the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) appeal against the Lahore High Court’s order appointing election tribunals in Punjab.
A 5-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa heard the Election Commission's appeal regarding the formation of election tribunals in Punjab. During which lawyer Salman Akram Raja, Hamid Khan and the Election Commission's lawyer appeared in the court.
At the beginning of the hearing, Hamid Khan, the lawyer of the respondent Salman Akram, objected to the Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa and said that “We have objection to hearing your case, to which the Chief Justice said that if you want to separate yourself, then do it”.
During the hearing, Justice Aqeel Abbasi remarked that according to the written reply of the Election Commission, the problem was resolved by consulting the High Court.
On this, the Election Commission lawyer said that yes, the Chief Justice of Lahore High Court has established 4 tribunals and after changing the law, the Election Commission will appoint the remaining 4.
Justice Qazi Faez Isa said that the matters which are not for the court should be resolved among themselves.
Jamal Khan Mandokhail remarked that the Election Commission has the authority, but the appointment of judges for the tribunal is done in consultation with the High Courts.
The Chief Justice said that the number of tribunals depends on the cases and court will decide on the number of judges looking at the cases.
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Later, the court reserved the judgment of the case related to the constitution of Election Tribunal in Punjab, which will be heard later.
